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Jordan Larson and LOVB Omaha to play at 2 local venues next season
OMAHA, Neb. — Two arenas around the Omaha area will host League One Volleyball in 2025. Related coverage in the video above: Jordan Larson commits to LOVB Omaha. Liberty First Credit Union Arena will host LOVB Omaha on Jan. 24 and 25, March 5, and April 3. This content...
'Need our help, need our support': Local veteran helping others despite his own battle
PAPILLION, Neb. — A nonprofit got a huge donation for its ultimate purpose. A truck driving school out of Gretna donated $8,000 to Moving Veterans Forward. Both forces are coming together to get veterans back on the road to success. Moving Veterans Forward helps vets get the furniture they...
City of Omaha to name street after North Omaha educator
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The City of Omaha is naming a street after a North Omaha educator in a special ceremony Thursday. The street is to be named after Dr. Danita Webb, a principal and vice principal who also taught at the University of Nebraska Omaha. The ceremony will take...
Nebraska Cornhuskers signee dominates in international play
Even before Berke Buyuktuncel has played any minutes for the Nebraska Cornhuskers basketball team, he’s showing what Fred Hoiberg and company can expect. And it looks like they can expect a very talented big man who can hold his own quite well in international competition. The Turkish transfer’s team...
The Nebraska Cornhuskers shouldn't have followed Mike Gundy's lead
Following Nebraska Cornhuskers volleyball star Harper Murray’s punishment for DUI, M.I.P. and shoplifting apparently won’t include missing any time during the Huskers’ regular season. So says head coach John Cook. On Monday night, Cook issued a statement not long after Murray was sentenced to 9 months of...
Bond set for pair accused of running filthy Nebraska drug house where four kids lived
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Two people were arraigned in Saline County Court on Tuesday on multiple drug and child abuse charges. Judge Linda Bauer set Quentin Teeters’ bond at $35,000. He faces several charges, including intentional child abuse, possession of a controlled substance and violating the Sex Offender Registry Act.
‘My prognosis is incredibly bright’: Nebraska lawmaker continues blood cancer treatments
LINCOLN — A Nebraska state senator said her ongoing cancer treatments of a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma have been going “very well,” and she looks forward to getting back to the statehouse. State Sen. Jane Raybould of Lincoln, a first-term lawmaker in her second year in office, was diagnosed with splenic marginal zone lymphoma at […]
Nebraska AG Hilgers joins opposition to reclassifying weed as less-dangerous drug
LINCOLN — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers sent a letter this week from 11 red states arguing that the Biden administration should not reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I drug to the lesser classification of Schedule III. The attorneys general from Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, South Carolina and South Dakota joined […]
Cannabis Operator Strategically Opens New Location Near NE/IA Hubs
Multi-state cannabis operator, Greenlight, targets Nebraska and Iowa cannabis consumers with the opening of its newest dispensary in Rock Port, Missouri. Consistently rated as one of the top dispensaries in MO, Greenlight strategically chose Rock Port to broaden its consumer base in new markets. Greenlight announced the opening of its...
Nebraska push for winner-take-all will wait in line after property tax relief
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Nebraska Republicans who want to change how the state awards its Electoral College votes before the presidential election this fall will have to wait a little longer. Gov. Jim Pillen’s office confirmed Monday that his written call for this week’s special session will focus on...
UNMC named among top U.S. medical schools for primary care training
Correction: The UNMC College of Medicine was ranked in research, not the entire University of Nebraska Medical Center. The language has been changed in the third paragraph, below, to reflect this more clearly. In its latest rankings of top U.S. medical schools, U.S. News & World Report has named the...
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